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You're reading from Mastering SQL Server 2017 Build smart and efficient database applications for your organization with SQL Server 2017

Product type Course

Published in Aug 2019

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781838983208

Length 696 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

SQL

Tools

SQL Server

Concepts

Databases

Authors (4):

Milo≈° Radivojeviƒá

William Durkin

Christian Cote

Matija Lah

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Table of Contents (20) Chapters

Title Page

Mastering SQL Server 2017

Contributors

About Packt

Preface

1. Introduction to SQL Server 2017

2. SQL Server Tools FREE CHAPTER

3. JSON Support in SQL Server

4. Stretch Database

5. Temporal Tables

6. Columnstore Indexes

7. SSIS Setup

8. What Is New in SSIS 2016

9. Key Components of a Modern ETL Solution

10. Dealing with Data Quality

11. Unleash the Power of SSIS Script Task and Component

12. On-Premises and Azure Big Data Integration

13. Extending SSIS Custom Tasks and Transformations

14. Scale Out with SSIS 2017

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JSON Support in SQL Server

In the last few years, JSON has been established as a standard format for data exchange among applications and services. XML is still the exchange standard (and will remain so), but many applications communicate by exchanging JSON data instead of XML documents. Therefore, the most important relational database management system products need to support JSON.

Two release cycles after the feature was requested by the community, Microsoft has implemented built-in JSON support in SQL Server 2016. The support is not as comprehensive as for XML, but for most databases and workloads, it will be quite fine.

This chapter explores how SQL Server stores and processes JSON data, with a comprehensive comparison between JSON and XML support in SQL Server.

The most important actions related to JSON data in SQL Server are demonstrated in detail:

Formatting and...

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Authors (4)

Milo≈° Radivojeviƒá

Miloš Radivojević is a database consultant in Vienna, Austria. He is a Data Platform MVP and specializes in SQL Server for application developers and performance/ query tuning. Currently, he works as a principal database consultant in bwin (GVC Holdings)—the largest regulated online gaming company in the world. Miloš is a cofounder of PASS Austria. He is also a speaker at international conferences and speaks regularly at SQL Saturday events and PASS Austria meetings.

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William Durkin

William Durkin is a data platform architect for Data Masterminds, he is a regular speaker at conferences around the globe, a Data Platform MVP, and the founder of the popular SQLGrillen event.

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Christian Cote

Christian Cote is an IT professional with more than 15 years of experience working in a data warehouse, Big Data, and business intelligence projects. Christian developed expertise in data warehousing and data lakes over the years and designed many ETL/BI processes using a range of tools on multiple platforms. He's been presenting at several conferences and code camps. He currently co-leads the SQL Server PASS chapter. He is also a Microsoft Data Platform Most Valuable Professional (MVP).

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Matija Lah

Matija Lah has more than 18 years of experience working with Microsoft SQL Server, mostly from architecting data-centric solutions in the legal domain. His contributions to the SQL Server community have led to him being awarded the MVP Professional award (Data Platform) between 2007 and 2017/2018. He spends most of his time on projects involving advanced information management and natural language processing, but often finds time to speak at events related to Microsoft SQL Server where he loves to share his experience with the SQL Server platform.

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